Recent content by DCTF

I just got the Z Play, as a replacement for the Galaxy S6 I killed. I could have got the Z for not much more money, but my instincts were for the Z Play and I'm happy with that for now. The battery is incredible, particularly after the poor battery life on the S6. I would bet it's not just...

Very happy indeed. The battery is phenomenal. I'm usually a graphic/resolution snob but I am really not missing the 1440p res at all. Speaker is nice and clear and loud, the display is lovely, design quality all over is great. Ordered my screen protector and case, now I know it's a keeper.

Thanks Morty. That's the way I've been leaning too (the battery life and JBL speaker mod being the big temptations), so I think I'll go for that! [edit] Yes, paid and awaiting delivery :)

The phone I've liked the most for appearance was the LG G4: thin, but with the illusion of being ultra-thin because of the tapered edges. I had the one with the plastic body. The only thing I didn't like was the weird denting in the rear shell. The LG G4 had infamous problems with the early...

I'd started to think my S6 was completely impervious to damage, but the latest fall has smashed the screen and wrecked the digitiser. I've approached a dozen repair centres, but they're asking £200-280 to fix this. I'm not a wasteful person, but that kind of money says "buy new phone" to me (I...

I got an H815 very cheaply, and it's great. Nova Launcher went straight on to replace the rather ugly LG Android, so the only remnant of that remaining is the ugly passcode screen but I can live with it. Mine is an August build, so in theory it could have been hit with the bootloop problem but...

Also, on no account try to use Format for an SD card until they repair that function. Right now, it goes to 20%, stays there, crashes, and leaves you with an SD card which at best reads as corrupted (and some devices won't see it at all). Use some other device to reformat cards for the time being.

It certainly doesn't feel like a generational jump yet, but maybe silent features like Doze will take a while longer to show their usefulness. I'm fairly happy with it except that 6.0 has a number of problems with deep storage management apps and the format function. Although Format is still...

Maybe it's a Marshmallow thing? I just flashed it with LG Marshmallow a couple of days ago. No idea if it was there in Lollipop or not, of course.

Re: LG ringtone "Life's Good" appearing as artist "LG Electronics" in VLC music player No, but it's no longer an issue. I switched to Shuttle+, which is a great dedicated music player, and now I just use VLC for video.

Aha! Settings > Call > Call Reject! Thank you, I did not know this. I'm loving Drupe as a replacement for Phone and a number of other functions, but as far as I can tell it can't block calls. This helps!

I tried a few, but most of the time they're laggy, or have annoying functions, or most often have an overbearing aesthetic that's incongruous with everything else. Google Keyboard seems to be the nicest and fastest of the alternatives.

Seems alright so far, but I can't really see a lot of difference. This is my first Android, so how does this usually go? Is the first whatever-point-zero Android not that impressive at first, but then further updates really make it sing?

I just rooted and flashed my phone with LG Marshmallow, because I'm heading out of the country for at least two months next week and there's no telling how long my network could take to finally approve 6.0. Some people might say this wasn't a smart move given that I'd never owned an Android...

Take care with your hearing! I use earbuds for day to day use and take my Focal Spirit Professionals from my studio work for flights etc. I just tried my set plugged into my G4, and the upper end of the volume was plenty loud enough (i.e. I could feel that any more than that would be bad for me...